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equipment includes portable batteryoperated total station surveying
equipment, mine transits, distance
meters, and data loggers.
(b) All nonpermissible electronic
surveying equipment to be used within
150 feet of pillar workings or longwall
faces will be examined by surveying
personnel prior to use to ensure the
equipment is being maintained in a safe
operating condition. These
examinations will include the following
steps:
(i) Checking the instrument for any
physical damage and the integrity of the
case.
(ii) Removing the battery and
inspecting for corrosion.
(iii) Inspecting the contact points to
ensure a secure connection to the
battery.
(iv) Reinserting the battery and
powering up and shutting down to
ensure proper connections.
(v) Checking the battery compartment
cover to ensure that it is securely
fastened.
(c) The results of such examinations
will be recorded and retained for one
year and made available to MSHA on
request.
(d) A qualified person as defined in
30 CFR 75.151 will continuously
monitor for methane immediately before
and during the use of nonpermissible
surveying equipment within 150 feet of
pillar workings.
(e) Nonpermissible surveying
equipment will not be used if methane
is detected in concentrations at or above
one percent for the area being surveyed.
When methane is detected at such levels
while the nonpermissible surveying
equipment is being used, the equipment
will be deenergized immediately and
the nonpermissible electronic
equipment withdrawn further than 150
feet from pillar workings and longwall
faces.
(f) All hand-held methane detectors
will be MSHA-approved and
maintained in permissible and proper
operating condition as defined in 30
CFR 75.320.
(g) Batteries in the surveying
equipment will be changed out or
charged in fresh air more than 150 feet
from pillar workings.
(h) Qualified personnel who use
surveying equipment will be properly
trained to recognize the hazards and
limitations associated with the use of
nonpermissible surveying equipment in
areas where methane could be present.
(i) The nonpermissible surveying
equipment will not be put into service
until MSHA has initially inspected the
equipment and determined that it is in
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compliance with all the terms and
conditions in this petition.
Within 60 days after the Proposed
Decision and Order becomes final, the
petitioner will submit proposed
revisions for its approved 30 CFR part
48 training plan to the District Manager.
The revisions will specify initial and
refresher training regarding the terms
and conditions in the Proposed Decision
and Order.
The petitioner asserts that the
proposed alternative method will at all
times guarantee no less than the same
measure of protection as that afforded
by the existing standard.
Dated: December 21, 2012.
George F. Triebsch,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations and
Variances.
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Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Standard review plan-draft
section revision: request for comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is soliciting public comment on
NUREG–0800, ‘‘Standard Review Plan
for the Review of Safety Analysis
Reports for Nuclear Power Plants’’ LWR
Edition: Section 13.6.4, ‘‘Access
Authorization—Operational Program.’’
The NRC seeks comments on the new
Section 13.6.4 of the Standard Review
Plan (SRP) concerning implementation
of an access authorization program
through revisions to the nuclear power
reactor licensee Commission-approved
Physical Security Plan under of Title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR) 73.55, ‘‘Requirements for Physical
Protection of Licensed Activities in
Nuclear Power Reactors against
Radiological Sabotage,’’ Section (b)(7),
that integrates the performance
requirements contained within 10 CFR
73.56, ‘‘Personnel Access Authorization
Requirements for Nuclear Power
Plants,’’ and the criminal history checks
of 10 CFR 73.57, ‘‘Requirements for
Criminal History Checks of Individuals
Granted Unescorted Access to a Nuclear
Power Facility or Access to Safeguards
Information by Power Reactor
Licensees.’’ The current SRP does not
contain guidance on the review of an
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applicant’s proposed access
authorization program.
DATES: Comments must be filed no later
than 30 days from the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. Comments received after this
date will be considered, if it is practical
to do so, but the Commission is able to
ensure consideration only for comments
received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may access information
and comment submissions related to
this document, which the NRC
possesses and is publicly available, by
searching on http://www.regulations.gov
under Docket ID NRC–2012–0314. You
may submit comments by any of the
following methods:
• Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2012–0314. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–492–3668;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Chief, Rules, Announcements, and
Directives Branch (RADB), Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05–
B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.
• Fax comments to: RADB at 301–
492–3446.
For additional direction on accessing
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy E. Cubbage, Division of Advanced
Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, telephone: 301–415–2875, email:
amy.cubbage@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2012–
0314 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information regarding
this document. You may access
information related to this document,
which the NRC possesses and are
publicly available, by any of the
following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2012–0314.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly
available documents online in the NRC
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-
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rm/adams.html. To begin the search,
select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and
then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
ADAMS Accession number for the
proposed revision of SRP 13.6.4 on
‘‘Access Authorization—Operational
Program,’’ is available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML12125A098.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents at
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
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B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2012–
0314 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure
that the NRC is able to make your
comment submission available to the
public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information in
comment submissions that you do not
want to be publicly disclosed. The NRC
posts all comment submissions at http://
www.regulations.gov as well as enters
the comment submissions into ADAMS.
The NRC does not routinely edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
identifying or contact information in
their comment submissions that they do
not want to be publicly disclosed. Your
request should state that the NRC does
not routinely edit comment submissions
to remove such information before
making the comment submissions
available to the public or entering the
comment submissions into ADAMS.
II Further Information
The NRC seeks public comment on a
proposed a new section of the SRP
Section 13.6.4, ‘‘Access Authorization—
Operational Program,’’ (ADAMS
Accession No. ML12125A098). This
section has been developed to assist
NRC staff with the review of
applications for certain construction
permits, early site permits, licenses,
license amendments, and combined
licenses and to inform new reactor
applicants and other affected entities of
proposed SRP guidance regarding an
acceptable method by which to evaluate
a proposed access authorization
program for compliance with 10 CFR
Part 26, 10 CFR 73.56 and 73.57.
Following NRC staff evaluation of
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public comments, the NRC intends to
incorporate the final approved guidance
into the next revision of NUREG–0800.
The SRP is guidance for the NRC staff.
The SRP is not a substitute for the NRC
regulations, and compliance with the
SRP is not required. Accordingly,
issuance of the SRP does not constitute
‘‘backfitting’’ as defined in 10 CFR
50.109(a)(1) of the Backfit Rule and is
not otherwise inconsistent with the
applicable issue finality provisions in
10 CFR Part 52.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day
of December 2012.
Amy E. Cubbage,
Chief, Policy Branch, Division of Advanced
Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New
Reactor.
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Notice of Availability of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment for the United States
Department of Agriculture, Beltsville,
MD
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark C. Roberts, Senior Health
Physicist, Decommissioning Branch,
Division of Nuclear Materials Safety,
Region I, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, King of Prussia, PA 19406;
telephone: 610–337–5094; fax number:
610–337–5269; email:
Mark.Roberts@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering the
issuance of a license amendment to NRC
License No. 19–00915–03, issued to the
United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA or the licensee), to authorize
decommissioning of its Low-Level
Radiation Burial Site at the Beltsville
Agricultural Research Center (or the
Site) in Beltsville, Maryland, so that the
residual radioactivity at the site can be
reduced to a level that meets the criteria
for release for unrestricted use. The
USDA license would not be terminated
at the time of release for unrestricted
use because the USDA would continue
to conduct authorized activities under
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this license at other locations. The NRC
has prepared an Environmental
Assessment (EA) in support of this
amendment in accordance with the
requirements of Part 51, ‘‘Environmental
Protection Regulations for Domestic
Licensing and Related Regulatory
Functions,’’ to Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), which
implements the NRC’s environmental
protection program under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (NEPA). Based on the EA, the
NRC has concluded that a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) is
appropriate. The amendment approving
the Decommissioning Plan would be
issued following completion of a Safety
Evaluation Report.
II. Environmental Assessment
Background
In 1949, the USDA initiated disposal
of low-level radioactive waste from
research laboratory operations at the
USDA’s Low-Level Radiation Burial Site
at the Beltsville Agricultural Research
Center in Beltsville, Maryland under
agreement with the USDA and the U.S.
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
(predecessor of the NRC). The
authorization for onsite disposal by
burial in soil was subsequently
established in AEC and NRC regulations
(10 CFR 20.304, ‘‘Disposal by Burial in
Soil’’). In January 1981, the NRC
rescinded the regulations in 10 CFR
20.304 that authorized generic onsite
disposals by burial in soil. However, the
USDA continued authorized disposal of
low-level radioactive wastes at the Site
under the regulations in 10 CFR 20.302,
‘‘Method for Obtaining Approval of
Proposed Disposal Procedures,’’ with
specific prior approval of the NRC. In
1987, the USDA initiated use of a
commercial service to have radioactive
waste transported and disposed at a
licensed disposal facility and
terminated radioactive waste disposal at
the Site.
The low-level radioactive wastes
generated by the USDA research
laboratories included gloves, paper,
liquid scintillation vials, small glass and
plastic laboratory containers, metal and
fiberboard drums, and decomposed
small animal carcasses. The radioactive
isotopes used at the USDA facilities and
disposed as radioactive waste at the Site
were primarily tritium and carbon-14,
with significantly lesser quantities of
chlorine-36, nickel-63, strontium-90,
cesium-137, lead-210, and radium-226.
In addition to the radioactive materials
disposed as waste, non-radiological
chemicals were included in the waste
buried at the Site. The burials consisted
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2012-0314]
Proposed Revision 0 on Access Authorization--Operational Program
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Standard review plan-draft section revision: request for
comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is soliciting public comment on NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for
the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants'' LWR
Edition: Section 13.6.4, ``Access Authorization--Operational Program.''
The NRC seeks comments on the new Section 13.6.4 of the Standard Review
Plan (SRP) concerning implementation of an access authorization program
through revisions to the nuclear power reactor licensee Commission-
approved Physical Security Plan under of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 73.55, ``Requirements for Physical
Protection of Licensed Activities in Nuclear Power Reactors against
Radiological Sabotage,'' Section (b)(7), that integrates the
performance requirements contained within 10 CFR 73.56, ``Personnel
Access Authorization Requirements for Nuclear Power Plants,'' and the
criminal history checks of 10 CFR 73.57, ``Requirements for Criminal
History Checks of Individuals Granted Unescorted Access to a Nuclear
Power Facility or Access to Safeguards Information by Power Reactor
Licensees.'' The current SRP does not contain guidance on the review of
an applicant's proposed access authorization program.
DATES: Comments must be filed no later than 30 days from the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Comments received
after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but
the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments
received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related
to this document, which the NRC possesses and is publicly available, by
searching on http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2012-0314.
You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0314. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
Fax comments to: RADB at 301-492-3446.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy E. Cubbage, Division of Advanced
Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-
2875, email: amy.cubbage@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0314 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses
and are publicly available, by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0314.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-
[[Page 77118]]
rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents''
and then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with
ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference
staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS Accession number for the proposed
revision of SRP 13.6.4 on ``Access Authorization--Operational
Program,'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML12125A098.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2012-0314 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly
disclosed. The NRC posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enters the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information in their comment submissions
that they do not want to be publicly disclosed. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II Further Information
The NRC seeks public comment on a proposed a new section of the SRP
Section 13.6.4, ``Access Authorization--Operational Program,'' (ADAMS
Accession No. ML12125A098). This section has been developed to assist
NRC staff with the review of applications for certain construction
permits, early site permits, licenses, license amendments, and combined
licenses and to inform new reactor applicants and other affected
entities of proposed SRP guidance regarding an acceptable method by
which to evaluate a proposed access authorization program for
compliance with 10 CFR Part 26, 10 CFR 73.56 and 73.57. Following NRC
staff evaluation of public comments, the NRC intends to incorporate the
final approved guidance into the next revision of NUREG-0800. The SRP
is guidance for the NRC staff. The SRP is not a substitute for the NRC
regulations, and compliance with the SRP is not required. Accordingly,
issuance of the SRP does not constitute ``backfitting'' as defined in
10 CFR 50.109(a)(1) of the Backfit Rule and is not otherwise
inconsistent with the applicable issue finality provisions in 10 CFR
Part 52.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of December 2012.
Amy E. Cubbage,
Chief, Policy Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking,
Office of New Reactor.
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